New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-25
HELPING THE IRISH CAOOE.
pxCIJsUMEy TASTING COERCION.
NOW THE GOVERNMENT BROKE UP THE "'Ni'>'
AT woODFoRD-wHo THE VICTIMS "h"'
fry CABLE 70 THE TRIBUNEl


I,oapd. Liberty is outraged. The right of free
spcech and public meeting is trampled under the
,roOucs of Castle constabes Men and women
ore bludgeoned on the streets for daring to brcathe
nm assertion of the cOmmoncst privileges OF ifee-
mon. Yet it is victory for us; victory IN
that now for the first time. the Cocrcohists nave
practiscd their fcrocity upon Eng'ishmen' ana
cvon English women. The Irish people have been
used 10 this sort of thing. Now that re- resen'a-
t;ves Of the Nation that has insisted ruling the
Irish people against their WILL have come over 10
see for themselves what that rule is like 1t Is
we'll they should get taste OF II III all IT'S naked
and unrehcarscd brutality. To have dlsth-
cuisbed Fnclishman dragged of platform and
cast into Jail for the crime of opening his mouth
os Il he were an Irish leader; to have a high
born English lady throttled by policemen as "
She were peasant woman from Bodykc; to have
English cergymen and an English Member OF far-
lament dubbed and flung to the ground and
meeting called by Englishmen dispersed, as If II
were a meeting of Mr.. Ol'ricns CONSTITUENCIES
this record of revolving tyranny could not have
boon ordered better if the Nationallsts had mao
Tho Manning of the Government pohc1> thc1hSciNcs
There was no shadow Of excuse FOR the sup
preston Of yesterdays meeting, anu III "ouIu
never have been suppressed only Mr. baiour ana
lis police are idiotic with rage and chagrin since
the fall they got over our midnight demonstration
last week. 1t was not meeting of the Nauona
League, nor a meeting summoned by irish mem
hers 1t was a meeting summoned by English
men to be addressed by English speakers eX
clusively and to he held under the auspices o,
the English Home Rule Union, of which Mr.
Wifred Blunt is president. Its object was tc
bring English public opinion to bear upon the
cvictons on Lord Clanricardc's estate. which lad
been renewed with fresh atrocity during the week
and to express sympathy with the victims OF these
evictons and encourage them in their attitude o.
patience. This meeting was proclaimed on Sun
day morning, but Mr. Blunt and his friends were
resolved not 10 give up the rights Of free-bOrp
Fnclishmen without struggle. At the appointed
hour Mr. Blunt. with his wife, Lady Anne Blunt;
Mr.. Rowlands, NJ p and Mrs. Rowands the Rev.
j. Stuart Pagan, rector of Great CresSngham IN
Norfolk, and Mr. Maser Wright. proprietor of The
HASTINGS Time proceeded to the place of meeting
where large assemblage was gathered the police
and military were already on the field.
Mr.. Blunt mounted the platform and be
can to speak resident magistrate inter
rupted him and said it his duty to
suppress the meeting Mr.. Blunt said il was his
duty to hold it and went speaking. Then the
magistrate shouted to the police to
commence the attack. They rushed on the
platform, batoning wildly all in their way Mr.
Biuns was seized and pitched off the platform
Lady Anne Diidnt was gripped by the throat and
flung to the ground heslde him. Mrs Row
lands and her husband were handled
similarly and the aged ChL:cn OF
England clergyman was dragged along the he'H
BY three or four uniformed scouudrels The people
had been besought not to rcta,iatc so that the
English visitors might have a clear case to lay
bef ,re the British public Mr.. Blunt, on recovering
his feet mounted the platform and attempted TO
sneak agar. He was Immediately seized by
dozen policemen with whom he struggled man
fully. They tore his collar open and ultimately
he was flung 10 the ground. Lady Anne BlInt
clincing 20 his arm. As he lay there. almost FAINT
ing. he exclaimed: Are YOU such blank cow
rdsbat Won are raid 10 arrest me ?" for they were
anxious TO cvade the responsibility. but on his rs
ing TO his feet again they took him into custody
and marched him toward the barrack. For an hour
thev kept charging about the town batonine men,
women and children indiscriminatey, wherever
they saw group standing. They were taking re-
Ncnge for the midnight meeting.
Mr. Blunt and Mr.. Roche, a respectable inhab
tant of Woodford, who struck policeman whom
he saw batoning a child, were taken under arrest
to Loughrea to-day. They were brought before the
Coercion Act Magistrates. but the cases were ad-
ionrned until tomorrow.
Everybody to-day is talking of Mr.. Blunt brave
and noble conduct. Mr.. Blunt, who is singuarly
like Mr.. Parnel in appearance aud who bears a
considerable resemblance to hun i'll many traits
Of his character, is head of one Of the
oldest families in England. He is large
landlord in Sussex. in which the Blunts, who are
pure SaxOns have been the chief people since be-
fore the Norman Conquest. They have never
given up their hold upon the Catholic faith. They
are related to half of the highest flight OF
the pecrage and to royalty itself. Mr.. Blunt
fOrfy- M ie a
lie to the advocacy of the cause of freedom wher-
ever il was assailed. lie was a chief supporter OF
Arab Pacha and acted his counsel at his trial III
Cairo In politics he Is Tory, save on the
Irish question CurOusy enough his father was a
pleat friend OF the father of the present Lord Clan
ricardo. a different type of man from his son, and
often visited him in Galway. His wife, Lady Anne
is daughter of the Earl of Lovelace and grand
daughter of Lord Byron, the poet. She is pious
Catholic.
To-day one of the cases against the proprietor OF
The Ueyford TeOple was concluded. Mr. Walsh
was sentenced TO one months imprisonment. The
object of this comparatively brief sentence was 10
deprive Mr. Walsh of his right of appeal, but
Lis counsel IA sed e law point which must be de-
cided by the superior courts and which cannot be
heard I'LL January. Meanwhile Mr.. Walsh goes
free bail. This is another trip-up for
the Coercion Act. for the Government hoped
TO impr'soa Mr. Walsh summarily aud by inficting
months imprisonment on each summons mounting
up a formidable cumulative sentence upon him.
Mr.. O'Bren's appeal Is IL be heard next week.
but meetlug has been summoned by the Mayor of
Cork for Tomorrow to protest against Judge Ham
iton adjudicating. having preudiced Tie case in
speech he delivered from the bench last Monday.
Cork has been proclaimed tonight under the C2er-
cion Act, and IT is appTehensiye that TINS step iss
preliminary to the proclamation or I'M, meeting.
Il. T. Gill. NJ. l..
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